St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-02-24

JUST 8, 1887.
Twenty of the thirty -thTe
members of Mrs. c. F. Morse's Sunda,
school class at the South church sur
call Thursday evening at her home oil
the Centre road. 1t was basket pic
mic affair and was very much enjoyed
The rumOred lease to the Boston
and Maine railroad of the Boston 6
Lowell is again causing all sorts o
talk and surmises in railroad circles
This is getting to be the regular thing
for each week. Meanwhile b. g. l.
stock holds it's own remarkably at l5C
and whereabouts.
Those who desire to see how the
st. Johnsbury quartette perform when
away from home can do so tomorrow
evening by going over to the Centre
where they give concert for the ben
eft of the Congregational church. Mrs
Hazen and Mrs. Humphrey will assist
&C. S. Conant gave three days
musical convention at Piermont, N. H.,
last week at the close of his singing
school there. The st. JOhnsbury male
quartette went down to assist on
| Thursday evening at the closing con-
cert and fairly took the place by storm,
giving great satisfaction.
The senate voted $780, 900 for Bur-
lingtOn harbOr improvements Monday
but not a cent for much needed i'm
prOvements on Sleeper and Passump-
sic rivers. There seems to be a cold
blOOded determination on the part of
the government to leave this side of
the state out in the cold.
The Citizens Trust company have
bought a new burglar and fire. proof
safe of Morris 81 Ireland's make. The
new quarters for the bank are being
fitted up in the Avenue house block
and the company expects to be doing
business at the new stand by the close
of next week.
j. DrOuin & Co., the purchasers of
the Morrill, property, will cut some
lumber this spring but will not get in
to full working order until next winter
when they expect to employ 25 or 80
men. They will add a single mill to
the property and expect to make things
move. JOvite Pinard and j. Cloutier
constitute the Goo"
st. Johnsbury boys who went over
to the Burlington carnival report rath-
err bad weather and an Indifferent time.
st. JOhnsbury boys will learn some
time that the place for fun is right
here in st. Johnsbury. We can testify
that this village furnishes facilities for
sitting down as fast and as hard as any
other place in the state.
Mr.. Humphrey has completed the
organization of the North church choir
as follows: Sopranos, Mrs. j. HI.
Humphrey, Mrs. A. d. ROwell, Miss
Helen Brooks. Altos, Mrs. P. F. Haz-
en-, Mrs. w. C. Tyler, Miss Ida Penni-
man. TenOrs, j. H. Humphrey, Per-
ley F. Hazen, VIM. C. Tyler. Bassos,
A. b. Moves, Edward Higgins, Frank
Brooks. Organist, w. H. Nelson.
One of the old men of the town
passed away last Friday. Ora Hurl
butt was born on "Hurlbutt HILL" Wa
terford, but had lived at East st.
Johnsbury for the last years of his
life. During the last weeks of his ILL
ness he was cared for in this place by
his granddaughter, Mrs. Jesse Gage.
His remains were entOmbed at East
st. Johnsbury where his wife was
buried many years ago.
An interesting missionary meet
ing was held at the Methodist church
Sunday evening. Miss Sinclair spoke
on missions; Mrs. Edward Randall
read poem a number of the children
sang and Mrs. MatthewsOn read a mum :
Der of letters from Mr.. and Mrs. Par
ker and Miss Harvey, written from In
dia.-The valentine sOciable Friday
evening passed off very happily in
spite of the storm.
Miss Jennie A. Stock well closed
her fourth term of school in district
No. 6 Feb. Is. The names of scholars
having no absent or tardy marks dur
ing the past four terms are Sadie
Spaulding, Della Hill, Bonnie Hunt and
Lyle Spaulding. Mamie Olcott and
Lena Olcott lad no absent marks for
the same time. The others, Mabel
Underwood, fnez Howe, Mertie Under
wood and Floyd Holmes had no tardy
marks and were absent only on ac-
count of sickness.
Goth anniversary of the marriage OF
Nathaniel Roy and wife, mentioned
under the Barnet items, at Barnet Mon
day evening. One of the interesting
features of the married life of this
worthy couple is the fact that they
have never had occasion to buy a
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